12 March 2019

Minister of Justice Given Lubinda says the Constitution amendment process is not aimed at blocking UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema from contesting the 2021 presidential election as alleged by some people. Speaking when he featured on Muvi TV’s ‘The Assignment’ Program, Sunday, Lubinda said President Edgar Lungu had no fear of losing an election to the...

The Lusaka High Court has upheld former Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Commander Christopher Singogo’s six year-sentence slapped on him by the Lusaka Magistrates' Court in 2009 on charges of abuse of authority and theft by public servant. The Court has directed that since Lt Singogo had been on bail since 2009 when his sentence and...

Former Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Commander Lt Gen Eric Chimese and two others have pleaded not guilty to seven counts of abuse of authority and money laundering. In this matter, Chimese, 50, is jointly charged with his wife Sharon Gray Chimese, 45 and Chita Lodge Limited managing director James Chungu, who is otherwise nicknamed "Jimmy...

The Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) has joined calls by other stakeholders for the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) to lift the 30-day suspension slapped on Prime TV. In a statement, Monday, CiSCA Chairperson Bishop John Mambo said the suspension had deprived Zambians of the right to a variety source of news. “Civil Society Constitution Agenda...

Felix Mutati's MMD chairperson for agriculture Chishala Chilufya has accused the other faction leader, Nevers Mumba, of secretly soliciting to meet President Edgar Lungu over issues surrounding the party. But Mumba's MMD spokesperson, Peter Phiri, says Mutati should not use desperation to drag Mumba into his failed relationship with PF In a statement, Chilufya stated...

Police in Mwansabombwe District of Luapula Province have arrested a 21-year-old woman of Kasumpa Village for throwing her two-year-old baby into the fire after she found her eating relish from the pot. Deputy Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga, disclosed in a statement, Tuesday, that the two-year-old child sustained severe burns on both legs after her 21-year-old...

Zambia’s external debt has leaped to over US$10 billion for the first time in the country’s history, as debt servicing commitments equally increased to unprecedented levels of nearly US$760 million last year. And government missed its 2018 fiscal deficit target threshold of not exceeding more than 6.4 per cent relative to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...

Vice-President Inonge Wina says local authorities and their stakeholders on the Copperbelt Province should pass by-laws which will promote local economic development and attract investment in the region. In a speech read on her behalf by National Development Planning Minister Alexander Chiteme, Vice-President Wina also expressed confidence that the investment expo would expose and open...

NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili has discontinued his petition in the Constitutional Court in which he had asked for a declaration that his Roan parliamentary seat did not fall vacant as ruled by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Patrick Matibini. Kambwili has however applied for leave for judicial review in the Lusaka High Court...

Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) secretary general Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says he cannot comment on Bishop Sydney Sichilima’s resignation because the bishop only communicated his decision to ZNBC. Last week, Bishop Sichilima informed ZNBC of his decision to resign from his position as CCZ president as well as from being a member of the...

What the Ministry of Information and it’s attack dog, the Independent Broadcasting Authority is doing to the media in Zambia is horribly wrong. It is wrong, not because News Diggers! says so, or because the American Embassy and the European Union think so, but because the Patriotic Front itself says so. What Minister Dora Siliya,...

The Chipata Subordinate Court has convicted a former Assistant Accountant in the Ministry of Health for corruption and sentenced him to two years imprisonment with hard labour. Fred Halwiindi, a former accountant in Eastern Province was found guilty of 18 counts of theft by public servant, one count of possessing property suspected to be proceeds...